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 1        AN ACT in relation to the Metropolitan Water  Reclamation
 2    District.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Metropolitan Water  Reclamation  District
 6    Act is amended by changing Section 4.32 as follows:

 7        (70 ILCS 2605/4.32) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.32)
 8        Sec. 4.32. Veteran's preference.
 9        (a)  A  person  who  served  on active duty in the United
10    States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps,  or  Coast  Guard
11    for  a  period  of  more  than  180  consecutive days and was
12    honorably discharged from  that  service  is  entitled  to  a
13    veteran's preference under this Section.
14        For  the  purpose of this Section, "active duty" does not
15    include training or inactive duty performed as  a  member  of
16    the  National  Guard  or  a  Reserve  component  of the armed
17    forces.
18        (b)  The Director of Personnel shall give preference  for
19    an original or promotional appointment to a person qualifying
20    for  a  veteran's  preference  under  this Section whose name
21    appears on an original or promotional  eligible  register  by
22    adding  5  points to the final grade that the person receives
23    as the result of any original or promotional examination held
24    on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of  the
25    92nd General Assembly.
26        (c)  The  changes made to this Section by this amendatory
27    Act of the 92nd General Assembly are not intended  to  affect
28    any   preference   granted  under  this  Section  before  the
29    effective date of this amendatory Act.
30        Persons who were engaged in the military or naval service
31    of the United States during the years 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901,
 
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 1    1902, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, or 1919, any time between
 2    September 16, 1940 and July 25, 1947, or any time during  the
 3    national  emergency  between  June  25,  1950 and January 31,
 4    1955, and who were honorably discharged  therefrom,  and  all
 5    persons  who  were  engaged in such military or naval service
 6    during any of said years, any time between September 16, 1940
 7    and July 25, 1947, or any time during the national  emergency
 8    between  June 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, or any time from
 9    August 5, 1964 until the date determined by the  Congress  of
10    the  United  States as the end of Viet Nam hostilities, or at
11    any time between August 6, 1990 and the date the Persian Gulf
12    Conflict ends as prescribed by Presidential  proclamation  or
13    order, who are now or may hereafter be on inactive or reserve
14    duty  in  such  military  or  naval  service,  not including,
15    however, persons  who  were  convicted  by  court-martial  of
16    disobedience  of orders, where such disobedience consisted in
17    the refusal to perform military  service  on  the  ground  of
18    alleged  religious  or  conscientious objections against war,
19    shall be preferred for appointments to offices, positions and
20    places  of  employment  in  the  classified  service  of  the
21    District, provided they are found  to  possess  the  business
22    capacity  necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of
23    such office, position, or place of employment  as  determined
24    by   examination  for  original  entrance.  The  Director  of
25    Personnel  on  certifying  from  any  existing  register   of
26    eligibles  resulting  from  the holding of an examination for
27    original entrance or any register of eligibles  that  may  be
28    hereafter  created of persons who have taken and successfully
29    passed the examinations provided for in this Act for original
30    entrance commenced prior to September 1,  1949,  shall  place
31    the name or names of such persons at the head of any existing
32    eligible  register or list of eligibles that shall be created
33    under  the  provisions  of  this  Act  to  be  certified  for
34    appointment. The Director of Personnel shall give  preference
 
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 1    for original appointment to persons as hereinabove designated
 2    whose  names  appear  on  any register of eligibles resulting
 3    from an examination for  original  entrance  held  under  the
 4    provisions of this Act and commenced on or after September 1,
 5    1949 by adding to the final grade average which they received
 6    or  will  receive  as  the result of any examination held for
 7    original entrance, five points.  The  numerical  result  thus
 8    attained  shall  be  applied  by the Director of Personnel in
 9    determining the position of such persons on any eligible list
10    which has been created as the result of any  examination  for
11    original entrance commenced on or after September 1, 1949 for
12    purposes  of preference in certification and appointment from
13    such eligible list.
14        Every certified Civil Service employee who was called to,
15    or who volunteered for, the military or naval service of  the
16    United  States at any time during the years specified in this
17    Act, or at any time between September 16, 1940 and  July  25,
18    1947  or  any time during the national emergency between June
19    25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, or any  time  from  August  5,
20    1964  until  the  date  determined  by Congress of the United
21    States as the end of Viet Nam hostilities,  or  at  any  time
22    between August 6, 1990 and the date the Persian Gulf conflict
23    ends as prescribed by Presidential proclamation or order, and
24    who were honorably discharged therefrom or who are now or who
25    may hereafter be on inactive or reserve duty in such military
26    or  naval  service,  not including, however, persons who were
27    convicted by court martial of disobedience  of  orders  where
28    such   disobedience  consisted  in  the  refusal  to  perform
29    military service  on  the  ground  of  alleged  religious  or
30    conscientious  objections against war, and whose names appear
31    on existing promotional eligible registers or any promotional
32    eligible register that may hereafter be created, as  provided
33    for   by   this  Act,  shall  be  preferred  for  promotional
34    appointment  to  civil  offices,  positions  and  places   of
 
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 1    employment  in  the  classified civil service of the District
 2    coming under the provisions of this Act.
 3        The Director  of  Personnel  shall  give  preference  for
 4    promotional  appointment to persons as hereinabove designated
 5    whose names appear on existing promotional eligible registers
 6    or promotional  eligible  registers  that  may  hereafter  be
 7    created  by  adding  to  the  final  grade average which they
 8    received or will receive as the  result  of  any  promotional
 9    examination   commencing   prior   to   September   1,   1949
10    three-fourths  of  one  point  for  each 6 months or fraction
11    thereof of military or naval service not exceeding 48 months,
12    and by adding to the final  grade  average  which  they  will
13    receive  as  the  result  of any promotional examination held
14    commencing on or after September 1, 1949 seven-tenths of  one
15    point  for  each  6 months or fraction thereof of military or
16    naval service not exceeding 30 months.  The numerical  result
17    thus  attained  shall be applied by the Director of Personnel
18    in determining the position of such persons on  any  eligible
19    list  which has been created or will be created as the result
20    of any promotional examination held hereunder for purposes of
21    preference  in  certification  and  appointment   from   such
22    eligible list.
23        No  person shall receive the preference for a promotional
24    appointment granted by this Section after he has received one
25    promotion from an eligible list on which he was allowed  such
26    preference   and  which  was  prepared  as  a  result  of  an
27    examination held on or after September 1, 1949.
28        No person entitled to preference or credit  for  military
29    or  naval  service  hereunder  shall  be  required to furnish
30    evidence or record of  honorable  discharge  from  the  armed
31    forces  before  any  examination held under the provisions of
32    this Act but such preference shall be given after the posting
33    or publication of the eligible list or  register  and  before
34    any  certification or appointments are made from the eligible
 
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 1    register.
 2    (Source: P.A. 86-324; 87-945.)

 3        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act  takes  effect  on
 4    January 1, 2003.

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